F Minus by Tony Carrillo for May 31, 2024

Wholeheartedly agree.

As if he really has a choice.

He’ll be getting some black eyes

I raised my son to be himself and not worry about what people think

I did a great job, he is a first class oddball just like his father

My granddaughter is turning out pretty quirky too

My son always went with the beat of a different drum, same with his childhood friends. Bullies in school learned to leave him alone, a few years of instilling confidence in many forms of the Martial Arts was worth the expense. Today he is a Brown Belt in BJJ and MMA.

Agree! My youngest, who’s now 35, was a black belt (child version) in Korean Taekwondo by the time he was 9. It took much more serious training to do that as an adult.. but he had lots of friends growing up. He did not pursue the training as an adult due to health issues. (type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis.)

More poor parenting advice.

Unless you know you CAN land safely when you go off the cliff because everybody else is.

Why don’t people realize how dumb they sound when they say that?

Oh, Mom, better phrasing next time.

Making it a binary choice (either cool and popular or be yourself) is going to make most kids pick the first option.

Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.

When the enticement of Participation Trophies no longer works…..

Well… she’s not wrong.

You’ll be more yourself once popular and cool

Run for office, immediately, also!

My mom taught me to laugh at myself. Valuable advice…

“You would know, Mom”

“Same to you Mom”

Your tactics aren’t working Mom, I still have more followers than you. The real me is demographic poison.

I was never into cool and popular. I preferred educated.

Leading by example